Optimum design of frames with multiple constraints using an evolutionary method

Computers and Structures

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 731-741

  Manickarajah, D ^a   Xie, Y M ^a   Steven, G P ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STIFFNESS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL FRAMES;

SENSITIVITY NUMBER; UNIFORM SCALING FACTOR;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 0033873066     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7949(99)00083-8     Document Type: Article

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